Like life

Brigid spent the night with me last night. She is 13. Very much 13. I wish I could tell her that 90% of the stuff she worries about right now won't matter later. But, I know that I worried about the same stuff at 13 and it will pass in time. She will grow up. The braces will come off, her body will change, and life will be more than boys and clothes (at least for most people). She told me about her life plans and I didn't mean to, but I chuckled out loud. She got a bit mad and asked why I was laughing. I couldn't explain to her that life wouldn't match her perfect plan. That heartbreak is inevitable and trials are sure to come. That I'm thankful she has big plans and sad, but grateful to know that she will have to walk through some fires in order to be refined. I have been her big sister for almost 4 years now. I'm getting to watch her grow up and I am grateful. (I am also grateful that her cell phone is broken so that we could focus on talking rather than texting!)


We went to see 500 Days of Summer last night. I really didn't like the movie at first. It just wasn't what I expected from a movie. Movies are "supposed" to have happy endings with doves, white dresses, and little hearts dancing in the sky. This movie was about a boy and a girl falling in love and then breaking up. See, the boy loved the girl more than the girl loved the boy. So, she broke up with him and then went and met the right guy. The boy and the girl loved each other, hurt each other, manipulated each other. Just like life. The boy was devastated, but eventually moved on, tackled the career of his dreams, and tried again. The girl was a horrible, wonderful catalyst in his life. It was almost painful to watch. I've had both happen in my life. The boy has been more in love with me and I have been more in love with the boy. I've been devastated like the boy. I've moved on like the boy. Overall, it was a good movie, just honest and real. Like life.